Psychological Disorders and Schizophrenia Review

A comprehensive set of vocabulary flashcards covering Somatoform Disorders, PTSD criteria and treatments, and the clinical definitions and symptoms of Schizophrenia based on lecture notes.

Conversion disorder (functional Neurological Symptom Disorder)

A disorder based on positive s/s (signs and symptoms) that disrupt a person's activities of daily living.

"Fashicious" disorder

A type of disorder listed under somatoform/neurological symptom disorders alongside illness anxiety and dysmorphophobia.

Dysmorphophobia

Also known as Body dysmorphic disorder, a type of disorder involving distress over physical appearance.

PTSD Criterion A

Exposure to an actual or potential death, life-threatening injury, or any type of sexual violence.

PTSD Criterion B

Relieving the traumatic occurrence through memories, dreams, acting out, or reacting to external and internal episodes that resemble the trauma.

PTSD Criterion C

The requirement to avoid anything that resembles the traumatic events.

PTSD Criterion D

Noticeable mood changes and alteration in mood/cognitive thinking at unpredictable times.

PTSD Criterion E

Alterations in reaction occurring either at the beginning or end of a traumatic event.

PTSD Criterion F

The persistence of symptoms in Criteria B, C, D, and E for lasting $> 1$ month.

PTSD Criterion G

Impaired relationships with others.

PTSD Criterion H

The specification that impaired relationships with others are not related to abusing drugs or medical conditions.

Psychotherapy treatments for PTSD

Includes CBT, Cognitive Processing Theory (CPT), Prolonged exposure therapy, and Brief eclectic psychotherapy.

CAM treatment for PTSD

Complementary and Alternative Medicine treatments including Recreational therapy, Yoga, and Animal-Assisted therapy.

Eugene Bleuler

The individual who identified the illness Schizophrenia and defined it as meaning "split mind."

Schizophrenia Age of Onset

The spectrum disorder typically has an onset between ages $16-35$.

"Insidious" Onset

A type of onset in Schizophrenia characterized by lower grades, quietness, withdrawal, and personality changes often dismissed as "just a stage."

Positive s/s of Schizophrenia

Symptoms that include delusions, thought disorders, and hallucinations.

Delusions

Fixed, false beliefs that cannot be changed with logic.

Hallucinations

False sensory perceptions that, according to the notes, affect all $3$ senses.

Illusions

Mistaken perceptions of reality.

Echolalia

The repetition of words.

Echopraxia

The repetition of actions of others.

Catatonia

Impaired motor activity, including stupor.

Negative s/s of Schizophrenia

Symptoms characterized by a lack of desire to form relationships and inappropriate social behaviors such as pacing or rocking.

Biological cause of Schizophrenia

A brain disorder caused by the disruption of neurotransmitters and/or neurons.